Anthony Hopkins

Biography

Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins CBE (born December 31, 1937) is a Welsh actor, film director, and film producer. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, four British Academy Film Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards and a British Academy Television Award. He has also received an honorary Golden Globe Award and the BAFTA Fellowship from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. In 1993, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for his services to the arts, and in 2003, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his achievements in the motion picture industry. After graduating from the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in 1957, Hopkins trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, and was then spotted by Laurence Olivier who invited him to join the Royal National Theatre in 1965. Productions at the National included King Lear, his favourite Shakespeare play. His last stage play was a West End production of M. Butterfly in 1989. In 1968, Hopkins achieved recognition in film, playing Richard the Lionheart in The Lion in Winter. In the mid-1970s, Richard Attenborough, who directed five Hopkins films, called him "the greatest actor of…

Movies & TV Shows

1. Thor (2011) — Odin
2. Thor: Ragnarok (2017) — Odin
3. Thor: The Dark World (2013) — Odin
4. The Silence of the Lambs (1991) — Dr. Hannibal Lecter
5. How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) — Narrator (voice)
6. Mission: Impossible II (2000) — Mission Commander Swanbeck (uncredited)
7. Transformers: The Last Knight (2017) — Sir Edmund Burton
8. Noah (2014) — Methuselah
9. Westworld (2016) — Dr. Robert Ford
10. Meet Joe Black (1998) — William Parrish
11. Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) — Professor Abraham Van Helsing
12. Hannibal (2001) — Dr. Hannibal Lecter
13. Red Dragon (2002) — Hannibal Lecter
14. Fracture (2007) — Ted Crawford
15. The Mask of Zorro (1998) — Don Diego de la Vega / Zorro
16. RED 2 (2013) — Bailey
17. The Elephant Man (1980) — Frederick Treves
18. The Father (2020) — Anthony
19. Alexander (2004) — Old Ptolemy
20. The Two Popes (2019) — Joseph Ratzinger / Pope Benedict XVI
21. Beowulf (2007) — Hrothgar (Voice)
22. Legends of the Fall (1994) — Col. William Ludlow
23. Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire (2023) — Jimmy (voice)
24. Solace (2015) — John Clancy
25. The Rite (2011) — Father Lucas Trevant
26. The Wolfman (2010) — Sir John Talbot
27. Hitchcock (2012) — Alfred Hitchcock
28. Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver (2024) — Jimmy (voice)
29. The Remains of the Day (1993) — James Stevens
30. Amistad (1997) — John Quincy Adams
31. The Edge (1997) — Charles Morse
32. Chaplin (1992) — George Hayden
33. One Life (2023) — Nicholas Winton
34. A Bridge Too Far (1977) — Lt. Col. John D. Frost
35. You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010) — Alfie
36. The World's Fastest Indian (2005) — Burt Munro
37. Bad Company (2002) — Oakes
38. Proof (2005) — Robert Llewellyn
39. Marvel Studios Legends (2021) — Odin (archive footage) (uncredited)
40. Kidnapping Mr. Heineken (2015) — Freddy Heineken

Directed

1. Slipstream (2007) — Director
2. August (1996) — Director
3. Return Journey (1999) — Director